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As you can see we are making some changes. There is going to be some dust for awhile but we are working on getting the bugs out. The history links and upload progress meter do now work at the moment but I am working on it!

Currently there are two themes that support the new changes. These are Cobalt3 and Sage. All artists have been moved to Cobalt3. You can change your theme back but the functionality will not exist for the new features. I will be trying to create some more themes in the not so distant future.

I will be adding some updates along the way.

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Just wanted to say Happy Birthday to Saturated!!

<p><span style="font-size: small;">Just some highlights from the email update sent out yesterday....</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">We ordered some Polo Shirts by the request of a few people. These will have the Mixposure Logo embroidered, shown below, and will be in black. Since we were not sure of the demand, we only ordered 12 and half of those are already sold. If there is a bigger interest, we will order more. (from the comments I had, it looks like a second order will be on the way) Once we have an actual shirt, we will post a picture for everyone to see. We went with a very high quality shirt because we did not want these things falling apart in a year or two!!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;"><img style="border: 0px initial initial;" src="http://www.mixposure.com/images/email_images/polo.jpg" alt="" width="254" height="72" /></span></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">Mixposure also implemented a Trouble Ticket Support System. You will see it in your control panel in the top menu. Mixposure has a lot of features and this can be confusing at times so we thought this could help! You can always use the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.mixposure.com/forums/">forum</a>&nbsp;to ask questions but we thought this may add an extra level of support.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">We also updated the Promote Mixposure Page with some new banners. You can easily change the url link so it will go to your page also. </span></span><a href="http://www.mixposure.com/index.php?t=form_promote"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">Please take a look</span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">. These are cool!!</span></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">I also want to thank every one of your for continuing to support this site!</span></span></p>

Congrats to Sarapatrella for having the Mixposure.com Song of the Week! Please chack out the tune Daughter on her page here . 

Bio:

 Sarah Petrella Heats Up the Music Scene with Debut EP, Summer

Los Angeles, CA-- One can say that Sarah Petrella’s path to the release of her debut EP started from the moment she was born. She wrote her first song before the age of 10, and went on to immerse herself in musical theatre. Now Sarah brings her lifelong passion for songwriting to the world via a three song EP, titled Summer. The EP features two original songs and a powerful cover of Pearl Jam’s classic, “Daughter.” Summer was produced by Geza X Gedeon, best known for his work on Meredith Brooks’ smash hit, “Bitch.” 

From a very young age, musical theatre gave Sarah the greatest opportunity to gain exceptional performing skills and constant practice of her writing abilities. While she performed consistently in both California and New York, Sarah never left her songwriting behind. She made her way to Nashville at just 15 years old, where she wrote and recorded with several prominent musicians including famed songwriter, Don Goodman. From that point on, Sarah continued to pursue a very successful career in musical theatre, but kept coming back to songwriting, which is now her full time artistic endeavor. As Sarah says, “Songwriting is my true love and passion.”

Sarah’s songs break the barriers of being genre-specific, and one can hear elements of pop, rock, folk, and even some country in her tunes.  She notes influences as diverse as The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and Sara Bareilles in her music. Of the two original tracks, “Summer” and “Time Stands Still,” she claims the latter as her personal favorite because her younger sister made lyrical contributions to the song, and she considers it a great bonding moment in their relationship. KCRW, one of the most influential stations in the United States for independent music, says of Sarah: “She goes from light fun, to Broadway, to alt-folk rock in just three cuts-- Petrella is a musician in the fullest sense of the word. 

Sarah decided to cover Pearl Jam’s “Daughter” as the final cut on the EP because of  the strong influence the 90s rock era has on her music.  She also felt that she could bring a unique female perspective to one of the band’s most moving songs. KCRW states that Sarah’s rendition is “…strong, sweet and I think better than the original, which is a classic.”

From a production standpoint, the connection that Sarah found with Geza X was immediate and incredibly special. “We always seem to read each other’s minds,” she says. In addition, Ben Harper's rhythm section stepped up to record on the disc. Sarah feels it was a perfect match and that the combination of Jordan Richardson on drums and Jesse Ingalls on bass brought her songs to life-- exactly how she was hearing them in her head. 

Sarah hopes that her music will connect with people on a very deep and personal level, as her musical inspiration is derived from her life experiences and relationships. “Being able to listen to music and know exactly what the artist was thinking about is an amazing feeling. I want to be able to do that for others.”

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<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Hey Everyone!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mixposure and </span><a href="http://www.stratageguitars.com"><span style="font-size: medium;">Stratage Guitars</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> will be at the <a href="http://guitarshow.com/index.php" target="_blank">Dallas Guitar Show</a> April 16, 17 and 18th! Frank and I have been discussing this for the last two months and it looks like we are pretty well confirmed now so I am releasing the information.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The Dallas Guitar show brings in 30,000 visitors over the 3 Day event. Artists playing the event for 2010 include Andy Timmons, Ted Nugent, Neal Schon, Kings X, George Lynch just to name a few. A full list can be found </span><a href="http://guitarshow.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=58&amp;Itemid=109"><span style="font-size: medium;">here</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;">&nbsp;.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Stratage Guitars and Mixposure will be sharing a large booth together to let those 30,000 visitors know about what we do! So if you are in the Dallas area, we hope you decide to venture out and say hello. Frank will be bringing 10 Guitars with him and 2 basses for everyone to check out and purchase. I am hoping he goes home empty handed <img title="Laughing" src="http://www.mixposure.com/include/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/smiley-laughing.gif" border="0" alt="Laughing" />.</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://guitarshow.com/images/stories/artists/ted_nugent_site.jpg" alt="" width="231" height="300" /><img src="http://guitarshow.com/images/stories/artists/george_lynch%202.jpg" alt="" width="289" height="300" /><img src="http://guitarshow.com/images/stories/artists/ns.jpg" alt="" width="159" height="240" /><img src="http://guitarshow.com/images/stories/artists/andy%20timmons%20crop%202.jpg" alt="" width="218" height="300" /></p>